Egypt’s Parliament’s Youth and Sports Committee has decided to launch an investigation into the defeat of its national team at the World Cup. The committee said on Monday that it was deeply upset with the team’s unexpected performance and loss in all its matches against Uruguay, Russia and Saudi Arabia. It added that the team’s manager Hector Cuper and the players bear the responsibility of this “humiliating exit” and the “dishonorable ...

Iraq’s Interior Ministry said it launched an investigation into allegations of human rights violations perpetrated by its forces fighting ISIS in Mosul.The allegations were first reported by Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine last weekend. The report, authored by an Iraqi photographer reportedly embedded with the police unit, claims he witnessed killing, torture and rape of ISIS suspects.The ministry's spokesman, Brig. Gen Saad Maan, said on Tuesday that the newspaper report identifies ...